Shiro's POV
I felt groggy. When did I fall asleep? I was watching some videos with Raven and then....
I don't remember what happened after that...
My head was on something soft and warm, which made me want to go back to sleep.
"....huehuehuehuehue...."
....huh? What was that?
CLICK!
What the heck- was that a flash?
I groggily looked up from my comfortable spot to see Ada holding a phone with a weird look on her face.
"Ohohohohoho~! How lewd!" She giggled as she took another picture.
"....lewd?" I was confused.
She pointed to the thing I had my head on. I looked down to find out that the warm and soft object I was resting on was actually Raven's stomach.
"O-O-OHHH GOD!" I stumbled back and covered my face in embarrassment.

Why meeeee.....?
"D'awwwwww you two look adorable! I totally ship it" Ada cooed while snapping another picture.
She then grabbed me and pulled me towards her.
"Cmon lets take a selfie for the blog! Smile yo~!"

CLICK
"........why is there a bird head her-"
"POSTING IT!"
I didn't understand what she meant by "posting it" but I had a feeling it wasn't good.
This is how my day is going to be, huh.......

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I was in one of those moods again.
I was sitting outside, staring at the setting sun reflecting off of the deep blue sea. Occasionally I would get these feelings. Feelings of being useless, unwanted, pathetic.
I sighed.
I'm really the worse.
"Shiro. What are you doing out here?" I jumped at the sudden stern voice, shaking. It was Priceless. Out of the entire group, she was the most intimidating. She reminded me too much of Rocma, in a bad way.
"I-I-I'm just w-watching the sunset!" I stuttered. Damn my stuttering!
"..." She sat down next to me, not uttering a single word.

Moments passed of complete silence and I was beginning to feel more antsy and nervous than ever!
Then-
GRAB
My head was sandwiched between her hands!
"AH OH MY GOSH I'M SO SORRY I KNOW I'VE BEEN A PAIN BUT I WON'T ANYMORE PLEASE DON'T KILL ME-"
"Stop."
I shut my mouth instantly.
She gave me a stern look.

"We are not keen on pity parties. We keep you here because we care. We understand. If we didn't you would've been at the bottom of the ocean."
I gulped and shuddered.
"Besides...." She let go of my face.
"We know all too well about feeling useless....." She seemed...sad.
I was taken aback by her sudden emotion. It wasn't noticeable to the normal eye, and I was surprised I even noticed it, but it was there. She showed emotion, but got rid of it as soon as possible.
"How....?" I mumbled.
"Hmm?"
"How can you keep so calm and collected? You hardly show emotion and when you do you're able to control it!" She looked distant at what I had said.
"Wolf kid..... Things happen." She turned her head away from me.
"I've seen many things, awful things. When you've seen the things I've seen, you become numb. There's no time for emotions- at least that's what you told yourself at first. But when you needed them the most, it's too late." She turned back to me, looking sternly.
"We don't do pity, but we still care. Keep that in mind." She then got up and walked back inside.
Before she stepped in, she said one last thing.
"Kid, cherish those emotions while you still can." And then she was gone.
I was completely dumbfounded.
But..........
I felt better.
She showed me a different side of her, because she.....trusted me.
I felt something warm stir in my heart.
I've never had someone trust me like that...
I then felt a cold, stinging sensation in my chest. My eyebrows furrowed in slight anger.
I was wrong.
She's NOTHING like Rocma.

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"Shiro. How are you feeling?" Raven looked concerned.
"Not exactly sure if I were to be honest. I feel tired, I guess." I felt odd all day. I felt energized- but also tired? It's been a very strange trip.
"I wanted to make sure if you weren't hurting or something. Didn't want there to be a bad side affect of the blood..." She mumbled the last part, but I heard her loud and clear. As contradicting as that sounds, I really did hear her clearly! My senses have been a lot more sharper recently. Must be a side effect of the blood.
"Okay I wanted to check something, but it might hurt a little bit. Are you okay with that?" She asked.
I nodded in approval and she took my hand. She then used a small pocket knife (probably Ada's or Priceless's), and cut a large cut on my skin.
This was surprising.
Usually I would've screamed at something so sudden, but instead I just flinched.
It stung, like a paper cut even.
I've gotten cuts before, but they usually end up being more painful than this!
I could feel a warmth circulating in my arm and soon enough my wound was closing by itself!
"Woahhhhh! Raven! Did you see how fast it healed? Man this is awesome! Are there any cool tricks I could test out?" I was super pumped!
So pumped that I hadn't even notice that Raven had gone completely silent.

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Raven's POV
I wanted to check and see if Shirogane's blood had turned black yet. Whenever I transfer my blood into someone else, there usually is a reaction for first timers. The reaction involves the blood turning black for a short period. It's usually a good sign and depending on how light the black was, the better! The lighter it was, the more his body was coursing through my "special blood" to all the limbs and organs.
I gave him a little cut, cringing on realizing that it was much bigger than intended and waited for the screams.
But none of that came.
I looked at the wound and saw something I have never seen in my entire life.
Red. His blood was pure red.
I tried to reassure myself and think that maybe the blood was just expelled from his body, though usually it ends up with vomiting, but there are other ways to expel things.
That thought was immediately shattered when his skin was rapidly closing the wound.
Closing the wound.
Only my body was capable of doing something like that so fast, at least that I know of.
Then realization hit me. My aunt had talked about this once and how rare it was.
"......oh no." I mumbled in disbelief.
We have the same blood type.
My blood is being accepted as his own blood and is multiplying in his body- like a disease!
This wasn't good.
This wasn't good AT ALL.
"U-Um. I need to go talk to Siya for a bit. Is that alright?" I tried to keep my composure and put a smile on, but this was just nuts!
"Of course I'm fine with that, why wouldn't I be?" He gave me an all too familiar look.
No no no no no........
The look was playful and his tone was sarcastic, but there was a hint of worry hidden underneath that....that.....
.......mask..
An all too familiar mask. One that was used so often that it became its own face.
My mask.
This wasn't suppose to happen.
I was just trying to help!
I ran towards Siya and then dragged her into her room, hoping maybe this was just a temporary side effect.
I don't want to hurt him, especially through my own eyes.

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Shiro's POV
Something was wrong. When Raven talked she seemed....sad, afraid even! I don't know if I'd noticed it before, but when she talked in general I could sense something was wrong with her. She gave off something that seemed familiar.
Too familiar.
Wait, I know what that feeling was.
I've had this feeling many times before.
'She was terrified and felt worthless....'
Why did she feel like that?
She is really strong and powerful and even saved my life!
Why was she feeling this way???
I sat there, wondering what I should do.
I can't do anything. I can't even save myself! I just can't.....
Ding
No. This isn't about me right now. I owe her my life for what she has done for me.
So I'm going to treat her the way I've always dreamed of being treated.
Being understood and comforted.
For once I can save someone.

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(Okay so WATTPAD deleted this end of the chapter and I'm super upset about it so all I can say is that Nekoyama leads the ice scream crew to Shiro bc of some crap that happened earlier. I'm super sorry.

Here's a pic)